‘Just three or four’ in 100 wild salmon return to Irish watersMounting concern at Inland Fisheries Ireland about decline in wild salmon populationTue Apr 30 2019 - 01:46
Plastic eaten by plankton may impair oceans’ ability to trap CO2Oceans store up to half of all carbon dioxide produced by mankind in the last 200 yearsTue Apr 30 2019 - 01:00
Irish Rail denies claims of ‘wanton hedgerow destruction’Greens’ Pippa Hackett had said firm engaged in ‘catastrophic’ removal of hedges and treesMon Apr 29 2019 - 14:08
Irish people want to live sustainable lives but don’t know howSign of the Times: We are far from lifestyle overhaul needed to avoid climate breakdownSat Apr 27 2019 - 06:00
€400m upgrade of Ringsend wastewater treatment plant gets planning all-clearTreated sewage effluent is currently discharged into the bay at an outfall in PoolbegFri Apr 26 2019 - 19:18
Dublin City Council’s first urban farm opens at St Anne’s ParkWorking farm gives Dubliners chance to learn about raising animals and growing foodFri Apr 26 2019 - 18:30
Europe is contributing to widespread deforestation in Brazil, say scientistsCoalition urges European Commission to take urgent action in trade negotiationsThu Apr 25 2019 - 19:00
Richard Bruton ‘not engaging’ on climate change issuesMinister defends Government actions during discussion at student conferenceThu Apr 25 2019 - 11:29
‘If everyone recycled one more plastic piece every week, 250 million more would be recycled annually’Repak on the changing landscape when it comes to recycling, reducing and embracing sustainabilityThu Apr 25 2019 - 00:00
Sustainability is not a corporate department – it’s everyone’s jobLiving a truly sustainable life in 21st-century Ireland is impossible but even small actions will have an impactThu Apr 25 2019 - 00:00
Funding of €200,000 for projects enhancing boglands now availablePeatlands scheme aims to encourage local groups to improve bogs in their areasWed Apr 24 2019 - 21:30
Assessment of Irish MEPs’ attitudes to climate actions reveals ‘shocking apathy’Mairead McGuinness rejects CAN study for its ‘limited analysis and quirky labelling’Wed Apr 24 2019 - 18:58
Radical transformation in management of uplands needed – IWTIrish Wildlife Trust says habitats and wildlife devastated through years of annual wildfiresWed Apr 24 2019 - 15:06
Birds of a feather: Two new species discovered by Trinity zoologistsWakatobi white-eye and Wangi-wangi white-eye found by Irish team in IndonesiaWed Apr 24 2019 - 00:01
Ireland must hike up carbon taxes on specific sectors, says IEAInternational Energy Agency wants ‘to get country back on track for long-term targets’Tue Apr 23 2019 - 20:29
ESB plan to combine peat with biomass opposed by environmental groupsGroups say Shannonbridge plan will not reduce carbon emissions in electricity creationTue Apr 23 2019 - 01:30
Concern and Accenture combine in Zambia and MalawiConservation agriculture proving effective among vulnerable African communitiesTue Apr 23 2019 - 01:00
Climate change protest to disrupt ‘business as usual’ on O'Connell Street todayDemonstrations around the world demand governments take action on climate changeThu Apr 18 2019 - 16:21
Food processing firms lead EPA’s ‘name and shame’ listEnvironmental watchdog rebukes five industrial sites for emissions managementThu Apr 18 2019 - 15:58
Social media narrows collective attention span- studyCrisis stems from a ‘fear of missing out’ on social media and 24-hour breaking newsWed Apr 17 2019 - 13:35
Climate recommendations must develop ‘real and lasting strategy’Coalition of environmental organisations have ‘warmly welcomed’ new report measuresTue Apr 16 2019 - 22:03
Climate change: ‘PAC’ for climate change proposedReport calls for laws to set more ambitious climate and renewable electricity targetsTue Apr 16 2019 - 17:07
Harmful lead piping mainly in houses built before 1980Irish Water to spend €370m in next decade on 180,000 homes believed to be affectedTue Apr 16 2019 - 00:48
Oireachtas support for increased carbon taxes ‘ill-judged’People Before Profit says there was every risk carbon taxes would become the only tool deployed to address carbon emissionsMon Apr 15 2019 - 20:51
Ireland’s climate change plan ‘way off track’ in meeting targetsEU’s climate action group says national plan ‘does not demonstrate high ambition’Mon Apr 15 2019 - 01:00
Guinness removes plastic packaging from beer packsDiageo says change is equal to removing 40 million 50cl plastic bottles from the worldMon Apr 15 2019 - 01:00
Dublin has sufficient waste heat to meet its needs, forum hearsDistrict heating is viable, low-carbon solution to match most of Ireland’s energy demandsFri Apr 12 2019 - 17:20
Twelve researchers each receive €1m State funding for new projectsTopics range from breast cancer treatment to 3D-printed batteries and cultural mappingFri Apr 12 2019 - 16:41
Idea of carbon tax on aviation ‘nonsense’, says Michael O’LearyO’Leary dismissed trend of veganism in an interview with the Farmer’s JournalThu Apr 11 2019 - 22:01
Former Glenstal Abbey head, Abbot Celestine Cullen OSB, dies91-year-old ‘shaped and defined Glenstal Abbey School’ into successful institutionThu Apr 11 2019 - 21:28
First close-up picture of ‘supermassive black hole’ unveiledFeat described as equivalent to ‘locating an apple on the surface of the moon’Wed Apr 10 2019 - 19:36
Vital that farmers vote for candidates willing to ‘fight on their backs’ for Irish farmers – IFAFarmers’ organisation launched manifesto for EU and local government electionsWed Apr 10 2019 - 16:28
‘Unnecessary’ US emissions to cause $1trn damage to global economyDecades of federal ‘gridlock’ mean US is way behind on commitments, report revealsTue Apr 02 2019 - 06:00
Drones to be used in anti-dumping initiativeCommunities need to work with authorities to stamp out fly tipping, Minister saysMon Apr 01 2019 - 00:04
Government to oversee consultation process on carbon taxMove follows publication of cross-party report on climate change actionFri Mar 29 2019 - 19:28
Switch off: Earth Hour is a good time to adopt energy-saving habitsAlong with a one-hour switch-off on Saturday, households are asked to take up an extra good habitFri Mar 29 2019 - 16:53
Forty ways to revolutionise Ireland’s approach to climate changeClimate Action Committee report sets out series of measures to combat global warmingFri Mar 29 2019 - 01:00
School strikers urge politicians to ‘take a leap’ for climate actionStudents tell Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action to ‘stop taking baby steps’Thu Mar 28 2019 - 18:43
Most profitable Irish farms are most efficient in minimising greenhouse gas emissions – reportTeagasc’s 2017 sustainability report confirms income gap between dairy and other farm typesThu Mar 28 2019 - 11:13
Environmental group given leave to review decision to refuse funding for cases against StateLegal Aid Board ruled its aid was only available to individuals and not companiesThu Mar 28 2019 - 11:11
Carbon tax in jeopardy as Fianna Fáil takes different tackParty insisting on funds being reinvested in affected communities during report negotiationsThu Mar 28 2019 - 00:49
Cross-party approach to carbon tax to be sought at committeeFine Gael TD says time for talking on carbon tax is over as public wants politicians to actWed Mar 27 2019 - 21:05
Electric car with 600km range to be manufactured in IrelandPrototype of Spika on display at Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland Energy ShowWed Mar 27 2019 - 15:22
CO2 and you: The carbon tax explainedWhat is it, how much will it cost and how will it work?Wed Mar 27 2019 - 01:00
Climate action committee urges redirection of Irish agricultureAgriculture sector, Ireland’s biggest, remains 'largest emitter of greenhouse gases'Wed Mar 27 2019 - 00:42
Climate change denial ‘malign and evil’, says Mary RobinsonFormer president argues that denial robs world’s poorest of their human rightsTue Mar 26 2019 - 18:57
Fine Gael accused of attempting to dilute key climate action targetFF spokesman on climate action says party would support raising carbon taxes incrementallyTue Mar 26 2019 - 03:22
Approval given for €31m floating wind project off the Mayo coastA full-scale floating wind turbine will be deployed for testing at a Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland site near BelmulletSun Mar 24 2019 - 17:34
Cyclone Idai: Those who do least to cause climate change suffer the mostThey have fewer resources to prepare for the storms or to survive their effectsSat Mar 23 2019 - 06:00
Kingspan targets plastic recycling rate of 1bn bottles per yearIrish company says it will use recovered ocean plastic in manufacturing of insulationFri Mar 22 2019 - 15:50
